Although the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently recommended against routine screening for prostate cancer for most men, a panel of experts from the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) says that many men could benefit from regular testing.
The panel of ASCO experts recommended that men with more than 10 years to live discuss with their doctors the risks and benefits of screening and whether they should get their levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tested. A high level of PSA may indicate the presence of cancer. The USPSTF, on the other hand, said back in May that routine PSA screening could lead to false positives, which in turn could mean overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
Treatment for prostate cancer, the task force noted, may cause a number of problems including erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence.
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